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A Brief History of Nonprofit Organizations (And What We Can Learn)

NonProfit Hub

During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. The two developed a system of fundraising that had never been seen before: setting a time limit on their campaign for constructing a new building in Washington D.C., This gave them greater voice in the government.

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What the Third Sector Can Learn from the Public Sector

NTEN

Those are the values President Obama cited last December in his Open Government Initiative. Are those words you usually associate with your government? Even non- conspiracy theorists would likely have a hard time summoning up "transparent" as one of the top three adjectives to describe our government.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

In the early 2000s, Google gained broader traction and then took off to become what it is today as it became accessible to people beyond government and businesses. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . Thankfully, they changed the name to Google. BackRubbing doesn’t work.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Seattle, Washington: Governance Responsibilities for Nonprofit Boards. Washington, District of Columbia: February DataJam. Seattle, Washington. Thursday, February 9, 2017. Friday, February 10, 2017.

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CountyHealthRankings.org Gives First County-by-County Snapshot of Health in Each State

Forum One

The site was unveiled at an event on Wednesday in Washington by its sponsors, the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The data and content were provided by policy staff at the University of Wisconsin with support from Burness Communications. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,

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CongressCamp: Where the Hill Meets Web 2.0

Forum One

Last weekend, Forum One participated in CongressCamp at George Washington University. The event attracted a breadth of experience, including congressional staffers, public policy specialists, advocacy practitioners, software vendors, and professional service providers. technologies.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.